With a new manager, potential change of style,the obvious striker issues, Modric etc, the performance was better than I had thought/hoped. On the basis of win the homes, draw the aways, it was only a point lost - it may be a point needed at the end of the season, but that's a long way off. At least Pool and Woolwich stuttered as well. Woolwich now having lost Song could be telling.

AVB needs time, the same as any other manager. A couple of seasons means he has a chance to get 'his' style of player in and get his method ingrained - as Sigurdsson and Vertonghen appeared to be more Levy (and 'arry for Vertonghen going by when the rumours started) than AVB. I would like to know what the targets for the team are this season, and how long Levy and the board have given AVB to get it 'right'.